Uri get wrong path of file

Question

I am trying to get the path of a file in order to read it.

Here's the code when I click on button I start OnBrowse() with the current view :

public void onBrowse(View view) {
        Intent chooseFile;
        Intent intent;
        chooseFile = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        chooseFile.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
        chooseFile.setType("*/*");
        intent = Intent.createChooser(chooseFile, "Choose a file");
        startActivityForResult(intent, ACTIVITY_CHOOSE_FILE);
    }

    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) return;
        String path     = "";
        if(requestCode == ACTIVITY_CHOOSE_FILE)
        {
            Uri uri = data.getData();
            Log.d("Path", ""+uri);
            File myFile = new File(uri.getPath());
            myFile.getAbsolutePath();
            loadFile(myFile.getAbsolutePath());
        }
    }

    public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {
        String [] proj      = {MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
        Cursor cursor       = getContentResolver().query( contentUri, proj, null, null,null);
        if (cursor == null) return null;
        int column_index    = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
        cursor.moveToFirst();
        return cursor.getString(column_index);
    }

Noe everything works, but myFile.getAbsolutePath() give me the following path :

/document/raw:/storage/emulated/0/Download/File.txt

When I think it it supposed to return just storage/emulated/0/Download/File.txt

So when I try to read the file it throw me an exception .

Thanks

you dont need `Uri`'s path, instead you need `Uri`s `InputStream`, see `ContentResolver` docs on how to get it — pskink, Aug 24 '17 at 06:56
Possible duplicate of [How to get the Full file path from URI](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13209494/how-to-get-the-full-file-path-from-uri) — akhilesh0707, Aug 24 '17 at 12:43

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 24 '17 at 09:16

If you just want to read the content of the uri it is much easier to use an Inputstream instead of a file. There is no need to translate to file. This also works with http, and ftp uri-s

InputStream in = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
loadFromInputStream(in);

For details see sdk ContentResolver#openInputStream(uri)

Uri get wrong path of file

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